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CHASTE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)
Example:
a holy woman innocent and chaste
Classified under:
Similar:
celibate; continent (abstaining from sexual intercourse)
pure; vestal; virgin; virginal; virtuous (in a state of sexual virginity)
Also:
moral (concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles)
pure ((used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless)
virtuous (morally excellent)
Attribute:
chastity; sexual morality; virtue (morality with respect to sexual relations)
virginity (the condition or quality of being a virgin)
Antonym:
unchaste (not chaste)
Derivation:
chastity (morality with respect to sexual relations)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
Classified under:
Similar:
moral (concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles)
Derivation:
chastity (abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Pure and simple in design or style
Example:
a chaste border of conventionalized flowers
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
plain (not elaborate or elaborated; simple)
Derivation:
chasteness (lack of ornamentation)
